The Municipal Committee of Delhi today claimed that cholera positive cases had shown a major downward trend in the past three weeks. There were only 68 cases this week, 74 cases in the last week and

A Thai biologist has discovered a new species of freshwater shrimp and named it after the country's most popular princess, Thia newspapers have said. "The Sirindhorn fairy shrimp" is reported as

With the first case of dengue being reported from the Capital, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has been put on the alert to check the disease. The first case was reported from Mall Road who

The Haryana State Remote Sensing Application Centre (HARSAC) has successfully completed about 17 national and State-sponsored projects like the Integrated Resources Survey to combat drought in

Singapore's first telecommunications satellite has been launched. Jointly owned by Singapore Telecom (SingTel) and the Taiwanese Chunghwa Telecom, the satellite was put into a geostationary "transfer

The U.S. agrochemical giant, Monsanto, has stated in a press statement issued here today that none of its products used the "terminator gene" technology.Preferring to call it "gene protection

The Union Minister for Environment and Forests, Mr. Suresh Prabhu, has accused the developed nations of failing to meet their commitment to transfer resources and technologies to the developing

A 44-year-old man died after taking the wonder sex drug 'Viagra' in the north-east, Dr. K. K. Aggarwal, vice-president of the Heart Care Foundation of India said.He said this was the first 'Viagra

With a view to containing the air and noise pollution associated with the Festival of Lights, the Lt. Governor of Delhi Mr. Vijai Kapoor, today ordered the implementation of the recommendations of a

The Department of Electronics and the Delhi Jal Board signed an agreement to jointly launch a project for Automation of Sewage Treatment Plant at Okhla. The Jal Board and the department of